The mystery of Rajneesh for those who puzzled over him from the seventies onward was the way he managed to play 'guru' or 'buddha' without being enlightened. That's the mysterious side of that figure whose 'teaching' was a strange form of treading water with infantile pseudo-meditations and the whole sex/tantra muddle. I suspect that he … Continue reading Rajneesh was not enlightened?

I am often struck by the lack of historical knowledge in the public, a factor often noted. Although knowledge is not the same as that of intelligence the fact remains that historical study is one w… Source: The eonic effect as the ultimate IQ test…? neuroplastic exercises… (IQ versus, high intelligence, low historical knowledge) – … Continue reading History versus yoga: which is the best ‘path’?

The world of cannibal sufis like that of the Gurdjieff world could learn a lesson here, but won't... Farmed animals have personalities, smarts, even a sense of agency. Why then do we saddle them with lives of utter despair? Source: Face it: a farmed animal is someone, not something | Aeon Essays